Lothal resettlement camp 43, more frequently called Tarkintown, was a modest community established on the planet of Lothal while the Galactic Empire held power. This town served as a home for farmers displaced and impoverished by the Empire's actions. The crew of the Ghost starship made a visit to the town, dispensing food that they had pilfered from the Empire to the needy inhabitants.
Tarkintown was essentially a scattered group of a few dozen structures erected on the plains of Lothal. Moisture vaporators were spread throughout the settlement, and a central open space functioned as the town's square.
Tarkintown provided shelter for destitute farmers of various species who had lost their homes, such as in Tangletown, to the Galactic Empire due to the Empire's need for the land. Those who resisted were arrested for treason, while the rest were left with nothing. The residents named their settlement in reference to Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, the Imperial authority overseeing the Outer Rim Territories and the individual accountable for the farmers' displacement.
The crew of the Ghost VCX-100 light freighter felt compassion for the town's residents. Sabine Wren, Garazeb Orrelios, and Ezra Bridger, three members of the crew, delivered three crates of food that they had seized from Imperials in Capital City. The group opened the crates in the settlement's center, inviting the residents to take the food, which the farmers gratefully accepted. As punishment for accepting aid from the Spectres, Tarkintown was destroyed under the orders of Darth Vader and ISB Agent Kallus during the Siege of Lothal. The inhabitants were then forcibly moved to a detention facility.
Tarkintown made its initial appearance in Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion, a television film that premiered in 2014 as the debut episode of the Star Wars Rebels television series. The name "Tarkintown" drew inspiration from the term "Hooverville." During the Great Depression, shanty towns emerged for those impacted by the economic crisis. These towns became known as "Hooverville" as a sarcastic nod to United States President Herbert Hoover, whose policies were widely perceived to have worsened the economic hardships of the Depression.